>From _winreg.c: "Disables registry reflection for 32-bit processes running on a 64-bit OperatingSystem. Will generally raise NotImplemented if executed on a 32-bit Operating System. If the key is not on the reflection list, the function succeeds but has noeffect. Disabling reflection for a key does not affect reflection of any subkeys."
Are there any subkeys which you also need to disable? Parent keys? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 01:51:12PM -0500, Randall Walls wrote: > Greetings, > > I'm writing a python script to automate creating ODBC connections on a > Windows2008 Server (64bit) platform. I created an ODBC manually (using the > GUI), for the purposes of fleshing out the 'check for existing' section of > the script. > > Problem: though I can see the key in regedit > (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\DRSQL2000_muXXXX), calling an > _winreg.OpenKey returns 'WindowsError: [Error 2] The system cannot find the > file specified'. Googling the error brought up the possibility that this key > is being impacted by registry redirection ( > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2009-February/008862.html), > and thus the need to use _winreg.DisableReflectionKey to correct this. > > I'm new to using _winreg (but not new to python), and though it sounds > simple, I can't figure out how to properly use _winreg.DisableReflectionKey > to make the _winreg.OpenKey work properly, and there is nearly 0 > documentation on how to use _winreg.DisableReflectionKey (though I would be > happy to write something up if I could figure the damned thing out). > > any help is appreciated. Has anyone else run into this before? I realize > that Server 2008 is new and that _winreg.DisableReflectionKey was just > added, but I'm still hoping SOMEBODY has run into this before. > > Many thanks, > > -- > Randall Walls > Tyler Technologies, Inc > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
